The lefty blog that your neighbor contributes to, The Huffington Post, plans to set up new digs in one of Chelsea’s most desirable buildings.

Staffers have been told that the high-end aggregator is moving to 675 Sixth Avenue, the Mattel Building. Plans are to move in May, staffers told The Observer. HuffPo has been hiring bright young bloggers (and even the odd reporter) like there’s actually money in online journalism. That just might be true—at least for…

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